Re: Tampa Show

[Dan Parsons <peco@flash.net>]

Cos,
I just returned from Florida last night.
We made it to Newk's at about 6:50 looked around, yelled out Cosmo a
couple
of times then sat in a booth near the bathrooms. I was wondering if it
was raining
or was it just that humid? Sorry we missed you. Great show!!

CosmoFLA@aol.com wrote:

> Fellow Who-ites,
>
> Well, I just returned from the Tampa Quad show, and I don't even know
> what to
> say.  I have been listening to you all talk about the shows, but I
> still was
> not clear how the actors interacted with the movie and the band.  I
> have one
> word to describe the show: unbelievable.
>
> I have only seen the Who in Buffalo's Rich Stadium and Toronto's
> Exhibition
> Stadium, and it was a real treat to see them in a smaller venue like
> the Ice
> Palace.  Not intimate, but 17,000 vs. 70,000 sure makes a difference.
>
> I'm not even going to try and explain how tight the show was, but Pete
> seemed
> really proud of their performance.  He mentioned that we have
> witnessed the
> penultimate performance, and joked that it should be perfect by now,
> their
> 60th performance.
>
> I've seen JAE move his hands fast, but during that solo he was
> unreal!  And
> when did Pete get so good at electric lead?  Roger's voice seems much
> stronger than in '89.  Perhaps the 1-2 days between shows are really
> relieving the strain.
>
> The encores were WGFA w/mini-PW bridge, Substitute, BBE, ICE, and
> WAY.  Pete
> couldn't say enough about Zak and Simon, and I agree.  He also talked
> about
> how people always talk about the glory days of the Who, but said they
> weren't
> that great because of Keith and his undisciplined ways.  He went on to
> say
> that they've had a lot of great drummers since Keith, but none better
> than
> Zak, who stepped in w/o missing a beat.  Zak was absolutely awesome.
>
> It was kind of sad at the end, though.  Pete told the crowd to "shut
> up"
> because he couldn't hear himself play the acoustic.  He was joking by
> being
> rude, but was serious about the crowd noise.  He said he didn't want
> to "pull
> a Springsteen" with a folk song, but he needed to hear himself (I
> always
> heard him say he liked Springsteen--I hope that was a joke re: "Ghost
> of Tom
> Joad" tour).
>
> As they left the stage, I had this strange feeling that this would be
> it (you
> know what I mean...I'm not gonna say it).  I'm just glad I got one
> opportunity to see them again.  This tour was so much tighter, better
> mixed,
> and well rehearsed than TKAA in '89.  If (Heaven forbid) I am never
> able to
> see them again, I'm glad it ended with this show.
>
> To those I was supposed to meet at Newk's before the show:  Where the
> hell
> were you?  Sorry we didn't hook up and I hope you had as good a time
> as I
> did!!!
>
> LONG LIVE THE WHO!!!
>
> //Cos